From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. Goldman" Subject: Re: Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:53:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4C9A0CD4.7090704@sift.info> <87ocbpo81o.fsf@mundaneum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34662 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oyo7O-0002QR-11 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:53:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oyo7M-0004gC-Jn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:53:53 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:45952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oyo7M-0004fz-AB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:53:52 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oyo7G-00035R-Lw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:53:46 +0200 Received: from mpls.sift.info ([75.146.46.193]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:53:46 +0200 Received: from rpgoldman by mpls.sift.info with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:53:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87ocbpo81o.fsf@mundaneum.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 9/22/10 Sep 22 -3:08 PM, Sébastien Vauban wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Robert Goldman wrote: >> Often now I have org-mode tasks that I move to WAIT status when I send >> someone an email to get some next step done. > > I do that as well. Though, I'm still testing what my own process must be like. > > >> The problem is that I have a hard time getting back to those tasks when >> I get a response email (or phone call). >> >> There is nothing salient about these that means that when I get a >> response email, I see the task and can mark it as completed. >> >> Does anyone have a good solution for this? >> >> I have a hazy idea that always having a special agenda window open with >> a special agenda display of tasks awaiting responses might do the trick, >> but few ideas about how to accomplish this in practice. Presumably a >> special TODO status for awaiting response, and special agenda view... >> does that sound reasonable? I notice that the manual refers to "THE >> agenda." Is it possible to have multiple agenda windows so that I could >> always have the "waiting for response" agenda up w/o cutting off my >> access to other views? > > As far as I fully understand your request, what you need is a custom agenda > report: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (setq org-agenda-custom-commands > '(("W" "Waiting" > todo "WAIT" nil))) > #+END_SRC > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I know how to make a custom agenda for this; the problem is more how to have that custom agenda always open for me to glance at. I don't want to have to call up this agenda every time I get an email or a phone call to decide whether a waiting task is "unwaiting"... Should one open an org agenda buffer, and then rename it, so that following org-agenda commands don't wipe it? thanks, r